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Third-grade students in San Juan Nepomuceno created a video to share what they’ve learned about cotton-top tamarins and how they can help protect them, connecting classroom learning to their local environment. Through this experience, they are becoming young ambassadors for wildlife conservation, showing that even children can play an important role in protecting their community’s natural heritage.

What happens when students take conservation into their own hands? At one school in Colombia, a simple lesson sparked a student-led newscast, creativity, and a powerful message to protect cotton-top tamarins—and their future.

A group of women in Colombia’s Montes de María region are transforming their germination beds—trojas—into powerful hubs of conservation and community well-being, growing both native trees for forest restoration and crops that support their families. Through the donation of over 300 fruit trees, they are creating a model of coexistence where people and wildlife, including critically endangered cotton-top tamarins, can thrive together.

What happens when a lesson in literature becomes a lesson in conservation? In one Colombian classroom, students are stepping onto the stage to tell a story that’s helping protect the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin.

A brief tribute to zoos worldwide for their support in protecting the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin. Through global collaboration and conservation efforts, Proyecto Tití and its partners are helping ensure this species thrives in the wild.